Rhoda Adelia Murphy

1840 - 1894  (54 years)

• Name	Rhoda Adelia Murphy  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	4 Jul 1840	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [2, 3, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1850	Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA   [7]
  	Age: 11; Living with Hannah and Benjamin Richardson
  Census	1880	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [6]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Willis Dow
  FSID	L4Q6-8VP
  Death	24 Jul 1894	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Murphy Hill Cemetery, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I29617	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Joshua Murphy,   b. 29 Nov 1805, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA d. Abt 1842 (Age 36 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lois Butler Dawes,   b. 1804, Eden, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 1894 (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1826
  Family ID	F13198	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Captain Wills Cush Dow,   b. 8 Oct 1833, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 11 Sep 1901, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 67 years)
  Children	1. Addie Celeste Dow,   b. 1 May 1873, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 27 Jun 1948, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Melissa Myra 'Lissie' Dow,   b. 28 Feb 1864, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 1927, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Pauline Evelyn 'Polly' Dow,   b. 14 Oct 1876, Maine, USA d. 24 Aug 1952, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F13199	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Jul 1840 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - Age: 11; Living with Hannah and Benjamin Richardson - 1850 - Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Willis Dow - 1880 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA Death - 24 Jul 1894 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• DNA Matches

  At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

• Sources

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